Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - "Agriculture is instrumental in Africa’s poverty: it must also be instrumental in its wealth. Only through agricultural regeneration can growth, diversification and job creation occur for African economies, for no region of the world has ever industrialised without the agricultural sector being first transformed. In short, the future of Africa depends on agriculture."
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The heads of the United Nations food agencies have made a joint call for greater investment in long-term activities that strengthen people's resilience to drought and the impacts of climate shocks.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The seventh edition of the Africa Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) began on Monday in the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, on the theme: "Accelerating Africa's progress towards prosperity: Contributing to the growth of inclusive economies and the creation of jobs through agriculture."
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green has announced 12 target countries selected for the next phase in America's global hunger and food security initiative.
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Monrovia, Liberia (PANA) - After Côte d’Ivoire in December 2016, the African Development Bank (AfDB) is supporting the Government of Liberia to provide entrepreneurship training to young people in the agriculture value chain from 28 - 31 August 2017.
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Kampala, Uganda (PANA) – The head of the United Nations agriculture agency on Wednesday called for greater funding for a sustainable response to the refugee crisis in Uganda, as he concluded a visit to the country's north hosting those crossing the border for safety.
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - Ahead of the 2017 African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF), African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwumi Adesina has called for greater attention to the implementation of concrete plans for achieving the green revolution in Africa.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) – The heads of the three UN food agencies are to visit Ethiopia to highlight the critical food and nutrition security situation, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) announced on Wednesday.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Crops that have been forgotten over the last century are being rediscovered. Scientists and policymakers are now beginning to recognize the value of so-called ‘orphan' crops, affirming what local communities have known for generations.
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Bamako, Mali (PANA) – A partnership agreement aimed at developing a coherent funding mechanism, appropriate for covering the investment needs in agricultural land development to increase production and productivity in Mali was signed on Saturday.
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Aiming to improve the availability and quality of national and international statistics in the fields of food and agriculture, the African Centre for Statistics, affiliated to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), is holding a 4-day training workshop on food balance in agricultural statistics in Rabat, the Moroccan capital.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Two-thirds of the caught fish that humans eat are taken by small-scale fishers, many using canoes carved from logs or stationary beach seine nets such as the rampani that dot India's eastern coast.
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Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Morocco has earmarked 2.6 billion Moroccan Dirhams (about US$ 268 million) to develop 92 agricultural projects in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region over the period 2016-2020, according to an official report.
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Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – Amid rising violence and displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 7.7 million people face acute hunger - a 30 percent increase over the last year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Monday in a new report.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Supporting herders to get back on their feet and preventing further livestock losses and suffering are crucial in drought-hit Ethiopia where hunger has been on the rise this year, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Friday.
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Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The United Nations humanitarian agency, fighting hunger, has begun transporting food assistance to Nigeria's crisis-hit northeast, where people – displaced by Boko Haram violence and the fight against it – face the threat of famine.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) – A total of 60,000 Angolan rural households in Cuanza Sul and Huila provinces will benefit from a financial agreement, signed on Wednesday between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Angola, that will generate revenue and boost food and nutrition security of poorer households.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has signed tripartite agreements worth US$ 34.8 million and US$ 43.8 million with Somalia and South Sudan respectively as well with the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), under the Bank’s ‘Say No To Famine – Short Term Regional Emergency Response Project – STRERP’.
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Ibadan, Nigeria (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) will invest US$ 24 billion in agriculture over the next 10 years as part of its Feed Africa programme - a strategy for agricultural development in Africa, according to the Bank President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.
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Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Sudanese government signed here on Monday a four-year Country Programming Framework (CPF) worth US$ 72 million to provide for collaboration in enabling policy and institutional environment for food and nutrition security.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Improved aid access, strengthened resilience and advances in food system networks could provide as much as US$ 3.5 billion in annual cost savings at a time when humanitarian needs are skyrocketing in multiple complex emergencies across the globe, a new United Nations study has found.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – A United Nations standards-setting body has adopted a number of decisions to ensure food safety, including maximum residue limits for a range of drugs used in cattle and other animals, as well as revisions to guidance on agricultural and hygienic practices to minimize microbial, chemical and physical hazards to fresh fruits and vegetables.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Poor rains across East Africa have worsened hunger and left crops scorched, pastures dry and thousands of livestock dead, according to an alert released on Friday by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
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New York, US (PANA) - The humanitarian situation in Eritrea – which is quite isolated and off the media radars – is “on a positive trajectory” but international donors need to give malnourishment and food insecurity continued attention, a senior United Nations relief official said on Thursday.
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Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Participation in the development of international food standards for trade is essential if countries are to reap the benefits of booming global trade and prepare for imminent technological changes, according to a joint publication issued by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday.
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Paris, France (PANA) - Global food commodity prices are projected to remain low over the next decade compared to previous peaks, as demand growth in a number of emerging economies is expected to slow down and biofuel policies have a diminished impact on markets.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) – Over 61,000 smallholder farmers will benefit from a financial agreement signed in Rome between the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Zambia to increase the incomes and food and nutrition security of rural households.
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Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a US$ 1 million emergency humanitarian assistance to people affected by drought and famine in Kenya.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - FAO's governing Conference on Friday closed a week-long session during which Member States unanimously approved the UN agency's biennial programme of work and budget while commending its ongoing efforts aimed at the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
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Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Sunday, 9 July, 2017, marks the 6th anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, but the promise of the world’s youngest country is marred by hunger and conflict, as millions of people still face starvation.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Parliamentarians have a key role to play along with governments, civil society, private sector, international agencies and donors "to achieve a Zero Hunger generation in our lifetime", said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva on Thursday at a meeting with lawmakers on the sidelines of the FAO Conference.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - South-South Cooperation - partnerships in which developing countries exchange resources and expertise - is proving an inclusive and cost-effective tool to support the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said on Thursday.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Climate change poses a major risk for rural people in developing countries, often leading to distress-driven migration, and bolstering sustainable agriculture is an essential part of an effective policy response, the Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), José Graziano da Silva, said on Thursday.
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Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - The 2017 Africa Green Revolution Forum, which will hold 4-8 September in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, will highlight the capacity of agriculture and agribusiness to drive inclusive and sustainable rural development in Africa.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Three Rome-based food and agriculture agencies of the United Nations are embarking on an unprecedented joint programme to work with vulnerable communities in three crisis-prone areas in Africa over five years to meet their immediate food needs and boost their resilience, while addressing the root causes of food insecurity.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The Director-General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) José Graziano da Silva on Wednesday lauded rural women and girls as key agents of change to free the world from hunger and extreme poverty.
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday honoured 10 organizations and individuals for their work on pressing issues of food security and sustainable development
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Tuesday a new United Nations global action programme that seeks to address pressing challenges related to food security, nutrition and the impacts of climate change facing the world's Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
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Rome, Italy (PANA) - Arab states must continue to seek innovations to overcome water scarcity in the face of climate change, said UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva at an event co-hosted by the Arab League on the sidelines of FAO's biennial Conference in Rome.
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